Calories Burned while "sucking in" your stomach?

I believe that squeezing your abs or sucking in while you're sitting, standing, walking (just going about your day) makes some kind of difference. For some reason, I have a vague memory that a minute of ab squeezing is approximately equivalent to 10 crunches. Can anybody confirm that? I'd like to know about how many calories this burns.

I don't know ANY of the technical stats on this....but gonna share my personal experience. I did the "suck in your tummy" challenge. And I DO have to say....I REALLY notice the difference. I've done more than my share of losing and gaining threw the years....and am determined this is IT this time. Well now I'm down 15 pounds.,.and I have to say thanks to THAT challenge....I REALLY notice it in my waist!!!! Finally I feel hope of getting my waist back in shape.....FINALLY going to lose that baby weight.....well okay my "baby" is 16 years old.....but HEY it's never to late!!! Like I said don't know WHAT it exactly does....but it seems YES sucking in works!!!!!

Interesting. I think if it does nothing else, it would help with posture.

DISCLAIMER: I expect to lose this weight over the next 6 months to 5 years. I'm not going to feel like a failure if it takes an entire month to lose 1 pound. I'm going to feel like a success when that happens! I may offer advice that I'm currently not taking myself. Feel free to call me on that!

I tend to have lower back problems, so I can really tell the difference that it makes with posture. I'll try to do some more research into this and post if I find anything interesting. Thanks for the feedback!

I would just like a exercise pattern to follow.. like suck it in for 2 min at a time every 15 min or some such nonsense.. i often think of my bellieh. I shall ask my Physical Therapist when I see him this afternoon.. it is a first visit.. I figure why wait to bring on the crazy. "hey mister pt guy what do you think about sucking in your gut... how often and for how long.. and what can I write down for calories burned?"

Lol! Ceebee... Love to be there to see his reaction... let me know what he says. I have done it for 1 minute , twice today. You can feel the burn like you have done a few crunches... I googled it and from what I saw... 10 crunches only equals 1 burned calorie. Seems like it would be more though

I too have been doing the gut suck and I must say I think it totally works!! I am also working out and eating better, but for some reason I feel like sucking in my gut when ever I think about it is really helping!

OK I have to confess I forgot to ask the dr about the gut sucking.. but I did pour on the crazy.. Actually he was nice and the visit went well.. I remembered that I forgot to ask him as soon as I got in the car. oh well better luck next time!